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Twelve writers consider the subject of rivers and how they shape us throughout our lives, demarcating cities as well as moulding our creative consciousness. Tessa Hadley revisits Rumer Goddens The River; Jo Hamya pays homage to Virginia Woolf; Michael Malay goes nightfishing for eels by the river Severn.

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A monologue. One person alone on stage. This is a very specialised form of theatre, known to actors, preachers, Best Men and stand up comedians. It is also known to drama students. Here are fourteen female voices. They cover a wide range. They are angry, confused and embarrassed. They are comic, pitying and strident.

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The most spine-tingling suspense stories from the colonial eraincluding Washington Irving, Nathaniel Hawthorne, James Fenimore Cooper, Edgar Allan Poe, Henry James, and H. P. Lovecraftare presented anew to the contemporary reader.

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First published in 1686, this collection of five novellas was an immediate bestseller in the bawdy world that was Genroku Japan, and the book's popularity has increased with age, making it today a literary classic like Boccaccio's Decameron, or the works of Rabelais.

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From Nobel Prize-winning writers to debut novelists, Britain's most prestigious literary magazine brings you the best in new writing, photography and art from around the world.

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Love knows not distance; it hath no continent; its eyes are for the stars.

Gilbert Parker

Love can truly make you feel out of this world. This delightful book, packed with swoony statements and heartfelt quotations from romantics old and new, is the perfect way to say, I love you to the moon and back.

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Landfall is New Zealand's foremost and longest-running arts and literary journal. It showcases new fiction and poetry, as well as biographical and critical essays, and cultural commentary. Each issue brims with a mix of vital new work by this country's best writers and artists, plus reviews of the latest books, art, film, drama and dance.

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Created to mark the celebration of Melbourne becoming a UNESCO City of Literature, this anthology draws together a selection of the best Melbourne and Victorian writing. Extracts from eighty writers across different genres provide a colourful and insightful snapshot of Melbourne's rich literary heritage.

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A thoroughly entertaining anthology featuring all kinds of sports and the perfect gift for sports fans.

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A treat for nature lovers, this timely anthology explores our relationship with the natural world through inspiring, classic writing.

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A lovely tribute to one of the most inspirational voices of our time.

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Talented emerging fiction writers find inspiration in one of the most famous paintings in New York s Frick Collection: Jean-August-Dominique Ingres s Comtesse d Haussonville from 1845.

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We are a multicultural society. The 43 poets whose work is presented here come from cultures which have so richly contributed, through immigration, to Australia in the period since World War II. This edition contains all the poems from the first edition listed in the 2015 - 2020 HSC Prescribed Text List.

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Twenty-eight new short stories representing the state of the art in international science fiction.

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Compilation of the best proverbs from around the world - ancient and modern - offers concise, time-honored wisdom about love, money, politics, and human nature. Handsome gift-book format makes this volume an ideal present.

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A rogues gallery of the most glamorous and dastardly villainesses in Golden Age comics.

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The Independent Best Book for Walkers 2022 Where can a walk take you

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Contains words of wisdom to meet life's challenges.

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A book of quiet wisdom from world's greatest people. It has thoughts and insights into the value of kindness in our lives and makes a useful gift to say "Thank you" to a special person.